KJV King James Version
And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it [for] a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
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Exodus 29:26
And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it [for] a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it before the LORD as a wave offering, and it will be your portion.
WEB World English Bible
“You shall take the breast of Aaron’s ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh: and it shall be your portion.
ASV American Standard Version
And thou shalt take the breast of Aaron’s ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before Jehovah: and it shall be thy portion.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And thou hast taken the breast from the ram of the consecration which is for Aaron, and hast waved it—a wave-offering before Jehovah, and it hath become thy portion;
Surrounding context — Exodus 29
23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that [is] before the LORD:
24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them [for] a wave offering before the LORD.
25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn [them] upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it [is] an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it [for] a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.
27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, [even] of [that] which [is] for Aaron, and of [that] which is for his sons:
28 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it [is] an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, [even] their heave offering unto the LORD.
29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.
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וְלָקַחְתָּ֣H3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הֶֽחָזֶ֗הH2373 · cha.zehbreastמֵאֵ֤ילH352 · a.yilramהַמִּלֻּאִים֙H4394 · mil.lusettingאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלְאַהֲרֹ֔ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronוְהֵנַפְתָּ֥H5130 · nuphto sprinkleאֹת֛וֹH853 · et[Obj.]תְּנוּפָ֖הH8573 · te.nu.phahwave offeringלִפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְהָיָ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beלְךָ֖H9031 · kayouלְמָנָֽה׃H4490 · ma.nahportion
Cross-references
Leviticus 8:29And Moses took the breast, and waved it [for] a wave offering before the LORD: [for] of the ram of consecration it was Moses’ part; as the LORD commanded Moses.Psalm 99:6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.Leviticus 7:34For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.Leviticus 7:31And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
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